Pheromones, sexual attractiveness and quality of life in menopausal women

Climacteric

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 112-121

  Cutler, W B ^a   Genovese, E ^a  

^a Athena Institute for Women's Wellness   (United States)

Author keywords

Hysterectomy; Male and female; Menopause; Olfactory systems; Pheromones; Quality of life; Sexual attraction; Sexual dysfunction

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE; SYNTHETIC PHEROMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; SEX PHEROMONE;

ADULT; AGING; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; FUTUROLOGY; HUMAN; INTIMACY; MENOPAUSE; OLFACTORY TRACT; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SEXUAL ATTRACTIVENESS; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUALITY; INTRADERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0036001253     PISSN: 13697137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/cmt.5.2.112.121     Document Type: Review

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